Archive for October 2009

Casey Anthony: Roy Kronk’s Deposition Scheduled For November 19

October 22, 2009

He’s back! From Central Florida News: Casey Anthony’s lawyers are scheduled to sit down next month with the man who discovered Caylee Anthony’s remains. Orange County meter reader Roy Kronk made the discovery Dec. 11, 2008 after calling 911 on three prior occasions claiming he saw something suspicious in the woods. Defense attorneys have already interviewed [...]

Body of Missing Florida Girl Believed Found in Georgia

October 21, 2009

Authorities searching for missing 7-year-old Somer Thompson said they found the body of a young child in a Georgia landfill today, but it has not yet been identified. From what I’ve heard, it is most likely the body of the missing girl but only time will tell for sure. From the Associated Press: Clay County, [...]

ESPN Baseball Analyst Takes Leave of Absence

October 21, 2009

ESPN has confirmed that it has imposed “discplinary action” on baseball analyst, and former New York Mets general manager, Steve Phillips. From ESPN: The New York Post reported Wednesday that Phillips, formerly general manager of the Mets, was involved in a relationship with a female ESPN employee. Phillips is married and lives with his wife [...]

Woman Dies After Fake 911 Call

October 21, 2009

Talk about irony! Police say an Idaho woman who made a false 911 call to lure paramedics out of their station made a real emergency call minutes later when she got trapped under the station’s garage door. From the Associated Press: Melissa R. Farris died Oct. 2 of injuries suffered when she was crushed by [...]

Kanye West: Death Rumors Not True

October 21, 2009

The rumors that Kanye West died in a car accident earlier today have been confirmed to be untrue. Just another hoax that has taken over the Internet. From the New York Daily News: On Tuesday, “RIP Kayne West” started trending on popular micro-blogging site Twitter after a bogus report popped up on image-based bulletin board [...]

Microsoft Signs Deals With Twitter and Facebook

October 21, 2009

This could be huge news in the social media/search scene! From All Things Digital: In a stunning one-two punch, Microsoft will announce separate nonexclusive deals today with both Facebook and Twitter to integrate their real-time feed of status updates into the Bing search service. According to sources, Microsoft digital head Qi Lu will announce the [...]

Florida Day Care Hopes to Force Sex Offenders to Move

October 21, 2009

Very interesting! There is a new proposal in Orlando, Florida, that seeks to oust nearly 100 sex offenders by building a day care near their homes. One of the sex offenders who was interviewed does bring up a valid point: “Would you rather have 91 sex offenders in a park that has police protection because [...]

Miss California USA Sued

October 21, 2009

Miss California USA officials want Carrie Prejean to repay $5,200 they say she borrowed to have her breasts augmented last year. From CNN: The demand was a response to a lawsuit filed by Prejean in which she claimed pageant officials violated the former beauty queen’s privacy by acknowledging to reporters that her breasts were fake. [...]

Terror Suspect Planned to Attack Mall

October 21, 2009

Investigators have charged a Boston man with conspiring to provide material support to terrorists and other crimes as he planned to attack at least one U.S. shopping mall. From Reuters: U.S. federal prosecutors have charged a Massachusetts man with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, alleging he and co-conspirators traveled to the Middle East [...]

12 Year Old Schools Tiger Woods

October 20, 2009

Gotta love it! At an event commemorating the opening of The Cliffs at High Carolina, a newly-designed course in Asheville, North Carolina, Tiger Woods fired his first two tee shots into the trees. He then invited anyone to step up and try to outdrive him. Guess who did? From Yahoo! Sports: Most everyone in the crowd pulled [...]


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